It was brought to my attention that blind people runs into problems installing Guix System, while Debian and Arch have solved this better.
The problem is outlined by the user k.g.roberts, ref <https://im-in.space/@bubstance/110805249670354167>: The installer for Guix System 1.4.0 is basically the same as I remember it from a few years ago; boots almost immediately into an ncurses menu for locale selection and it takes another few screens to get to the option for a shell. No other assistive technologies built into the installer itself outside of what’s in the kernel, so a blind installation is doable over a remote connection after that point, but would likely be a hassle to get going without additional help from a sighted person. Dave Dude mention a solution, ref <https://4bear.com/@wx1g/110806497343739940>: They’d need to add a console screen reader, like Fenrir or ESpeakup to the installation image, then have something to type, on the boot command line, to start the reader. Debian has done this, on its installation images for a long time. Arch now does something like this, too. Thanks for looking into this! I’m not the right person to do something like this, just thought I should report it in case it’s easy to fix.
